1803 North Coast Map Sheet 3 by Matthew FlindersDetailed chart of the north east coast of Australia (east coast of Queensland), primarily showing the surveys by Matthew Flinders in that area between 1799 and 1803. The map shows the coastline from Cape Palmerston (just south of Mackay) in the north down to present day Noosa in the south. An inset shows the area around Keppel Island. This is a digitally retouched reproduction of the original held by the National Library of Australia. All prints are

Moses Wheeler

looking east from Stephen Street (renamed as Exhibition Street around 1880)

constructed by James Heffernan before the Gold Rush years

Seas "which seemed mountains high" struck the vessel

gassed or taken prisoner

but always unofficially as Bendigo

rather than trying to make it look undamaged

A photo from 1870

a 19-year-old draftsman in the Public Works Department

Melbourne at this time was undergoing major growth due to the Gold Rush of Victoria

The speed of life back then was quite different to modern day

Notes from the State Library state that this is a "Cityscape view of inner city Melbourne